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Nena Daconte 
Mai Meneses & Kim FanloBackground information Origin Madrid, Barcelona (Spain) Genres Pop Years active 2003–Today Labels Daconte Music / Universal Music (spain) Website www.nenadaconte.com Members Mai Meneses (Vocals, Writer) Past members Kim Fanlo (2003-2010) (Guitar, Producer) Nena Daconte are a Spanish pop group. Originally, the group consisted of Mai Meneses (on Vocals and principal song-writer), and Kim Fanlo (on guitar and as principal producer). The band takes its name from a character in the short story "The Trail Of Your Blood On The Snow", by Gabriel García Márquez.
Mai Meneses first found fame in 2002 when she entered the second series of the Spanish reality TV show Operación Triunfo. However, in the first week, she was put up for eviction against the overall winner, Ainhoa, and was voted out. This is also her third musical project since being evicted. In 2002, she released a single called Vuelve (which reached Number 1 in Spain), and in 2003, she featured on Inma Serrano's single, Mi Amor.
The duo met on the Operación Triunfo tour, where Fanlo was the bassist for the programme's live tour, and shortly afterwards they started working together, playing in clubs around Barcelona and Madrid. In 2005 they released their debut album He Perdido Los Zapatos under their own label Daconte Music. The next year Universal Music signed them and re-released the album with a bonus track (a remix of the song Idiota)
In 2006 and 2009, they were nominated for an MTV Europe Music Awards.
Their music is a mix of classic pop and rock, talking about worries such as love, loneliness and a search for what's real.
Their second album, titled "Retales De Carnaval", was released on 30 September 2008. The first single, "Tenia Tanto Que Darte", premiered on 23 August and became Spain's Best Selling song of 2008 on iTunes
In August 2010, Kim decided to quit the group in order to avoid the media spotlight. However, Mai will continue as the only member of the group, planning to release Nena Daconte's 3rd album in November.
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Discography
Albums
Album Information He perdido los zapatos - Released: 27 March 2006
- Re-Released: 26 March 2007
- Promusicae Certification: 40,000 (Gold)
- Peak Position: #18 (SPN)
- Label: Universal Records
Retales de carnaval - Released: 30 September 2008
- Promusicae Certification: 80,000 (Platinum)
- Peak Position: #5 (SPN)
- Label: Universal Records
Singles
Year Title Chart positions SPA SPA Digital Los40 Cadena 100 Ibero America Europe 2006 "Idiota" 8 2 25 11 - - "En Qué Estrella Estará" (Vuelta Ciclista España Theme) 1 1 1 1 32 - 2007 "Marta" 16 9 20 3 - - 2008 "Tenía Tanto Que Darte" 1 1 1 1 10 47 2009 "El Aleph" 4 - 5 6 26 120 "Ay! Amor" - - 18 - - - Number one songs 2 2 2 2 0 0 Top ten hits 4 4 3 3 1 0 External links
Webs
Music videos
- "Idiota" Music Video
- "Idiota" (Remix) Music Video
- "En Que Estrella Estará" Music Video
- "The Mighty Quinn" sang by Nena Daconte in the Codorniu Spot 2006
- "Marta" Music Video
First Series • Second Series • Third Series • Fourth series • Fifth Series • Sixth Series • Seventh Series • Eighth Series Winners / Finalists 1st series:1. Rosa López • 2.David Bisbal • 3.David Bustamante • 4.Chenoa • 5.Manu Tenorio • 6.Veronica Romeo
2nd series:1. Ainhoa Cantalapiedra • 2.Manuel Carrasco • 3.Beth • 4.Miguel Nández • 5.Hugo Salazar • 6.Joan Tena
3rd series:1. Vicente Seguí Porres • 2. Ramón • 3.Miguel Cadenas • 4.Davinia Cuevas • 5.Mario Martínez • 6.Leticia Pérez
4th series 1. Sergio Rivero • 2.Soraya Arnelas • 3. Victor • 4. Idaira • 5. Fran Dieli • 6. Edurne
5th series:1. Lorena • 2.Daniel Zueras • 3.Leo Segarra Sánchez • 4.Saray Ramírez • 5.Moritz Weisskopf • 6.José Galisteo
6th series: 1. Virginia Maestro • 2.Pablo López • 3. Chipper Cooke • 4.Manu Castellano • 5.Sandra Criado • 6.Mimi
7th series:1. Mario Álvarez • 2.Brenda Mau • 3.Jon Allende • 4.Ángel Capel • 5.Patricia Navarro • 6.Silvia Parejo
8th series:1. Nahuel Sachak • 2.Álex Forriols • 3.Mario Jefferson • 4.Alexandra • 5.Niccó • 6.JoshOther Contestants Naím Thomas • Natalia Rodriguez • Gisela • Mai Meneses • Vega • Elena Gadel • Mayte Macanás • Tony Santos • Nika • Cristie •Hosts Carlos Lozano (series 1-3) • Jesús Vázquez Martínez (series 4-7) • Pilar Rubio (series 8)Related Articles Categories:- Musical groups established in 2006
- Spanish musical groups
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